PRESIDENT OF ERC MET WITH ORGANISING COMMITTEE

On 1 December, the organising committee held its third regular meeting.

At the end of the meeting, prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, predsident of the European Research Council (ERC) joined the organising committee and congratulated them on winning the bid. He mentioned that 8 is the lucky number in Chinese belief and shared his experiences from the times, when he organised the 1st European Congress of Mathematics.

President of the organising committee prof. Tomaž Pisanski presented the progress in the organisation.

Tomaž Pisanski, chair of the 8ECM organising committee, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the ERC and Dragan Marušič, rector of UP

Organising committee with the Chairman of the ERC Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

After the meeting, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon met with the leadership of the University.

Jean Pierre Bourguignon, president of ERC meeting with Dragan Marušič, rector of UP, Boris Kavus, vice-rector of UP for research, Sonja Rutar, vice-rector of UP for education, Tomaž Pisanski, chair of the 8ECM organising committee, Andreja Kutnar, leader of the InnoRenew CoE project and Draško Veselinović, president of the board of SBRA

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the ERC and Tomaž Pisanski, chair of the organising committee

Dragan Marušič, rector of UP, Boris Kavur, vice-rector of UP for research and Sonja Rutar, vice-rector of UP for education

Dragan Marušič, rector of the UP gifting Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the ERC